Homebrew Faerie Species Details

Faeries are nature's immature answer to elves. They are chaotic even with their own laws. They are shy and reclusive and adore playing tricks and pranks, seldom bothering outsiders otherwise unless their curiosity gets the better of them.

Faeries rarely reach over 1 foot tall, and their wings come in many designs and patterns, ranging from butterfly to beetle. They often look like tiny elves, with pointed ears and ranging skin tones. They carry the normal array of human skin tones as well as light shades of the rest of the spectrum of colors, coming from light shades of red to copper and bronze. They can even carry small attributes of the insect family they hail from, including antennae, fluff, and the wing styles. Their eyes often look like a molten liquid but the pupils can be visible if you can ever get a close enough look. They love vibrantly colored clothes or shiny metal armor, something that speaks about their personality on a level that other pixies and some people can understand.

In the world, faeries make their homes in deep forests or hidden grottoes, far beyond the sight of other humanoids. In these places, faeries cast their shimmering lights to color their domains in incandescent hues, gradually shifting from soft red to bright yellow to deep violet and back again. Some say that the realms of the faeries are the places where rainbows begin and end, and those rainbows are faery roads emanating from the light of the kingdoms they connect, which can be seen by mortals only when the sun shines through the rain. Though faeries prefer to keep out of sight, they can be found almost anywhere in the Feywild. As intrinsically magical as they are whimsical, fairies enhance the world around them with their presence.

Faeries will often take on the names of humans or elves, and sometimes those of the plants and trees that they find their homes in, though it is a terrible embarrassment to share the same name as another faerie.

Faerie Traits

Fairy subraces, known as Faemilia, are distinguished by their wings and behavior, each notably similar to familiar insects. Different Faerie Faemilia are found in different tribes.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2.

Age

Faeries reach maturity at around 10 years and are said to live forever so long as they do not leave their domain. After they leave they can live up to 150 years.

Size

Pixies hardly ever grow over a foot tall and weigh next to nothing. Your size is Tiny.

Speed

Your base walking speed of 10 feet. You have a flying speed of 30 feet and you can hover no more than 10 feet off the ground. If you are more than 10 feet off the ground when you end your turn you will fall until you are within the 10 feet of the ground.

Darkvision

You're accustomed to living in forests and in undergrowth with dim or darker lighting. You can see in dim light within 30 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of green.

Fey Ancestry

You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed and magic can’t put you to sleep.

Invisibility

As an Action, you are able to cast Invisibility on yourself as a 1st level spell requiring no material components. You must finish a long rest to use this ability again.

Shrinkidink

You can touch an object that is sized for a Medium or Small creature and shrink it to a size appropriate for your tiny hands. If the object is a weapon, decrease the damage die by one size unless it has the finesse or light weapon properties (the versatile damage of that weapon also decreases by one size). You Proficiency Bonus determines how many object you can keep Shrinkidinked at one time. At 3rd, 9th, and 15th levels, you can choose one weapon type you are proficient in, the damage die does not decrease whenever you use Shrinkidink on it.

Itty Bitty

You have disadvantage on Athletics checks, but you are proficient in the Sleight of Hand skill.

Language

You can speak, read and write Common and Sylvan